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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday february 1st 1956 what council did gas company decision now up to ontario fuel board the ontario fuel board will decide whether one or both of two natural as companies will be issued certifj cates of convenience and necessity en titling them to distribute their prod uct in north halton monday night representatives and legal advisers for anthony gas and explorations and united subuiban gas visited council meetings in geor getown acton and hilton and in each town the councils passed third readings of by laws which give appro val for franchises for both companies a third company halton natural gas which was the first company to seek a franchise locally last year not ified council by phone monday that they were withdrawing their applica tion no further action was taken on a by law which had also received two readings for this franchise councillors garfield mcgilvray and leroy dale expressed the feeling of the local council when they presented a motion which will be forwarded to the fuel board asking that all things being equal the board give special consideration to the anthony firm which is operator of gas wells in the district and whose capital has largely been contributed by county residents mr dale introduced the subject when he made a plea for the company operated by anthony seynuck acton saying it is questionable what consid eration the fuel board might give a young company against a more estab lished on4 like united suburban we haven t had gas in georgetown since the beginning of tune said mr dale and i dont see the big hurry for rushing this through now i am bewildered at passing two identical by laws and i don t think we are giv log our local company much encour agement mr dale said that for 27 years mi seynuck has been searching for oil and gas has spent a lot of money and at last has found oil mayor armstrong said there is no question in the minds of any council member in the three towns about which company they would like to deal with and it is hoped that mr seynuk has the requirements to set up a gas distribution system george hewson legal adviser to council explained that passing of both bylaws is required by the fuel board before they can consider the appli cations and that councils action in okaying two companies will have no detrimental effect on either company reeve allen questioned united sub urban men about whether they would use anthony gas should they be gran ted a franchise there is nothing m writing and nothing in the agreement providing for this the reeve said john evans legal counsel for uni ted suburban said he is prepared to back up his verbal statement that his company would use all the gas prod uced in halton by anthony up to the requirements of the three towns only qualifications being that there would be quality and regular flow he is prepared to present this promise in any form which council requires hi said councillor alfred sykes questioned the advisability of council supporting one company at the fuel board i dont wish to appear in opposi tion to anthonv but we can i set our selves up as a protective unit for one private enterprise whether it is in the county or not he said mr seynuck spoke on behalf of his company saying that anthony might as well deliver gas directly to the towns as to the pipelines of another company all the years i didnt have gas no body was interested said mr sey iuck now when 1 find it someone else comes along we now have eight wells and we have people to back us with finances the mcgilvray dale motion passed unanimously georgetown was the second town visited by the delegations word was sent before they arrived that acton council had passed the bylaws from here they went to milton to complete the evenings business the weather mr editor we have had plenty of sunshine again this week this weeks summary shows the 1st and only below zero registration for the year 1956 ern batkln data max min rain georgetown community swimming pool list previously acknowledged 28177 94 mon jan 23 23 9 tues jan 24 26 7 wed jan 23 26 j thurs jan 2 26 0 flurries fri jan 27 30 8 flurries sat jan 28 34 0 sun jan 29 38 28 2 average 29 7 2 ho serious injuries trains crash at acton several passengers were injured none seriously when two cnr passen ger trains collided at acton station monday morning a torontobound passenger train struck a standing passenger train heading for london fronts of both engines were torn apart none of the coaches were derailed the accident occurred in a blinding snow storm only the centre wheels of the locomotive left the track it took most of the day to clear the track but trains were getbng through from both directions by using the sid ing which was cleared shortly after noon traffic on no 7 highway was re routed for nearly two hours until the rear coaches of the stratford bound train were towed away what council did anon r wilson john gunn c w sayer j hooper total 8 00 1000 2900 2000 1000 28247 94 midgets beat acton hockey semifinals georgetown midgets sensations of their league this year added to a long string of victories monday they defeated acton 51 in the 1st of a 2 game goals tocount playoff ser ies next game is scheduled for acton tomorrow night winners of the tritown series meet elmira in the next round of the playoffs fans are encouraged to come out and support the midgets who play a wide open brand of hock ey esquesing agricultural society elects spencer wilson president georgetown fair may be week earlier in 1956 the annual meeting of the esques ing agricultural society sponsors of georgetown fall fair was held in the community hall stewarttown on sat urday evening spencer j wilson norval district farmer and member of esquesing township council was el ected president of the society to suc ceed harding price who has held the office during the past five years other officers include oliver j hunter 1st vice president wilfrid bird 2nd vice president and p w cleave treasurer a committee was set up to interview applicants for the position of secretary due to the resig nation of garfield mcgilvray who has held the office for the past thirteen years directors elected are john bird mac alexander frank wilson ward brownndge james fisher t j brownrtdge ken ella graydon ches ter garfield mcgilvray nels robin son vern archer len coxc murt allison william cromar lloyd fish er assotiatc directors include val stein jack williamson jack hart r w darou john mcnabb robert cunningham gerald graham clar ence spence percy clark george burt charlie hunter howson rud dell donald lindsay harold henry william kmradc floyd brlgden trc vor williams the ladies section of the fair board also elected their executive and mrs donald lindsay replaces mrs s wilson u president mrs mat alexander first vice and mrs oliver hunter 2nd vice charlotte mccul lough remains u hall superintendent as does jean ruddell secretary past president harding price was elected to an honorary director the treasurers report showed that the society had a very successful year and after paving a 3058 prize list had a 300 balance on the years op erations however a debit balance carried over from the previous year depleted this considerably delegates were appointed to the ontario association of agricultural societies convention to be held at the king edward hotel in toronto on february 8th and 9th at this con vention miss charlotte mccullough who is first vice president will be chosen president of the ontario asso ciation due to a change in the calendar this year georgetown fair finds it necessary at the moment to seek a new fair date and with five saturdays in the month of september have cho sen the fourth friday and saturday on september 21 and 22 rotary gives stretchers to schools parks board stretchers to add to first aid sup plies were presented monday by the rotary club to the board of parks management and the schools the stretchers were presented at the clubs dinner meeting at fairview inn bob lane and high school pnn opal j i iambert were dinner guests and received the gifts two members of brampton rotary russell gill and jim archdclun were also guests the evenings program was in charge of dr j h chamberlain who played a recording of the citizens forum held in toronto the club is planning to open the easter seal campaign at the annual dinner and entertainment on feb 28th which will mark the first anni versary of the founding of the local club six teenagers injured as car crashes norval bridge six teenagers were seriously injur ed when their torontobound car mis sed a curve at norval and slammed into a bridge abutment just after mid night sunday police said the car eastbound on no 7 hit the steel bridge just east of hoi lywood hotel with such force that the outside abutment was driven three feet into the car between the two front wheels the car driven by leonard bodz 10 murdock st geor getown is a total wreck leonard and a passenger claudia beattie hillsburgh were taken to toronto general hospital four others were taken as patients in peel memorial hospital brampton maxine macdougall 14 college st was seriously injured and has severe head and facial injuries her parents mr and mrs elwood macdougall had just arrived in florida on a hob day motor trip with two other mem bers of the famih roy henderson 28 normand blvd has several fractured ribs betsy willson 35 park ave who suffered a strained back and bruised temple was able to return home from hospital yesterdav norma scully toronto has several facial injuries and a fractured leg opp constable george moore mil ton investigated the accident john munttck die wife comes from the glen after a few months illness john hardy murdick died suddenly on thursday january 26th at his home 662 elora road hanover r murdick had been a life long resident of han over and was well known in george town and vicinitj in 1950 he married the former cath anne e hill of glen williams who survives him along wilh two daugh tcrs and one son bj a former mar nasie mrs j pickon and vallum of durham and mrs g noble of hanov cr the funeral service was conducted on january 28th in the richardson fu ncrat home hanover by his pastor the rrv price of the baptist church assisted by lieut pcttigrcw and i taut day of the salvation army intcrmen in hanover cemetery those attending the funeral from the district were mr and mrs ed ward hill toronto mr and mrs b hill mr and mrs ernest rogers mr james hill and mrs a smith glen williams mr and mrs elmer hill mr and mrs william hill and family and mr and mrs a mino of george town milton opp constable now living in town milton opp constable howard gunn his wife and son billy arc now living near georgetown the family moved a few weeks ago to the william cromar farmhouse on the 8th line on south main st mr and mrs cromar have moved into town and are living in a new house on maple avenue the gunns formerly lived at r b 1 acton constable gunn makes his headquarters at hilton and his pel ice duties take him to various parts of the northern section of halton firemens auxiliary has euchre party tuesday evening the womens aux iltary of the firemen held a euchre in the club rooms several tables of cards were in play mrs c staoey re ceived first prize mrs a 7ilio sec ond and mrs pete hunter third mrs joseph gibbons won the most lone hands and mrs albert henney thp consolation priie mr and mrs j c montenmcry and their son billv of victoria st were guests at the golden wcddlne sunday of mr montgomery s aunt and uncle mr and mrs james dilpin of shel burne mr and mn gilpin were mar ned in alliston in 1906 many friends and relatives were present and the couple received numerous wishes of congratulations and gifts council will review hew town zoning plan social and personal miss dawn fiebig victoria crescent spent the weekend in leaside with friends recently mrs jack boomer of toronto spent a little time in town this week with her aunt and uncle mr and mrs tom dobbie mrs ted beam nancy and donald were in town last week visiting witn her father william deans and sister frances mrs arnott early is leaving thurs day for an extended holiday she will be at tin marine hotel bridgetown barbados miss hazel williamson toronto whose home is in yarmouth n s was a weekend guest with miss freda herbert at htr home on edith street mr and mrs don mclaughlin will be spending the ntxt few months at their winter home at bellair beach on florida s west coast mr and mrs don barrager and mr and mrs ray whitmee left on thurs day for a motor trip south and will be spending the next few weeks in florida mr and mrs flwood macdougall two of their children janette and bobby and mr and mrs ivan wright dundalk are motoring to lakeland florida they will visit with mrs macdougall s father who lives there mr robert knox juniors proud of win over elmira georgetown junior raiders scored their second win of the season and one which they particularly are proud of on local ici monday it was the first dofeat for elmira and georgetown made it a good one by winning 52 goal scorers for geor getown were freestone with two webster turner and beckett rich ardson had two assists and webster one undefeated elmira lost to a well balanced free checking georgetown team which previously chalked up one win against acton and a 77 tie with hamilton the raiders have dropped three games one to hamilton and two to acton the georgetown team is corflposed of norm lockhurst goal doug tuck cr george grasby jim wilson ron breen george hail calvin king de fence and wingmen jim beckett ron ritchie bob freestone ken riahard son peter hart tom dobbie ross turner bob webster ross cunning ham and doug richardson bob hume is coaching the team and tom beckett is manager the ex ecutive is composed of george louth president jje dwjer secretary jack wilson jack presswood and bud james the team has two games left in their schedule acton plajs here next monday and raiders visit elmira on the 13th georgetown council will review the official town plan made by town plan ning consultants in the near future monday after cr leroy dale sug gested it the clerk was instructed to secure the plan which is still in dr h g faludis hands and to have a representative of the firm appear at council at a meeting in february to present it mr dale said that as a matter of principle he cannot accept any plan submitted by a firm which has been drawn up by men who have done a great deal of work for delrex devel opments im not attacking mr heslop but the plan should be made by an inde pendent person said mr dale i understand delrex has agreed to pay for it i feel citizens can pay 1500 for it so iq future there will be no backfires mayor armstrong said he thought there was some misconception about the matter and reviewed what had been done last year in order for delrex to have their subdivision approved by the planning dept at queens park he said the government demanded assurance that the whole town would be zoned to coordinate the old and new sections in orde rto expedite things delrex was willing to pay for a master plan suggestion and the 1954 council felt that it was an opportunity to save tax payers money which should not be mr and mrs george c hewson flew to windor for the weekend to isit with mrs hewson s father mr l h predhommc and her sister and family mr and mrs h a murphy mr and mrs p w cleave main street attended the opening of the provincial parliament and the recep tion following given by the lieutenant governor in his chambers as guests of mr stan hall mpp on tuesday what council did investment firm undertakes sale of 650000 debentures georgetown council at their meet ing monday engaged the services of bankers bond corporation to attempt the private marketing of a 650000 debenture issue ready for issue now the debentures will provide funds to pay for a number of municipal im provemenls including a large water works extension and a 260 000 hydro program as well as several sewers sidewalks and watermains and a pub lic school addition bankers bond which is working in close cooperation with the bank of commerce has until february 2flth to sell the a twenty year deben turcs at a price not less than 10050 mr mccutcheon appeared at the meeting to suggest that his firm be given a chance at marketing the lar gest issue of town bonds ever offered at one time cr garfield mcgilvray finance committee chairman said that while it has been councils policy in the past to ask tenders for purchase of bonds the bank of commerce has been con ccrncd about such a large issue when others arc to follow later this year and that his committee which had met with mr mccutcheon previously recommended unanimously that ban kers bond be engaged mr mccutcheon said that if the bonds were marketed at avt they would be discounted and mayor arm strong said he thought it wise to raise the interest rate rather than have council forced to make up the ds count out of current tax revenue in a ear when it is most important to keep the tax rate as low as possible mr mccutcheon explained that his firm believes they have investors whom they can interest quietly in purchasing georgetowns bonds but if tenders were asked they could not make a firm bid because it would be so low that it would not be proper one difficulty in marketing municipal debentures he said is that certain in vestors set a limit per capita over which they will not invest he men tloned one insurance company which follows this practice and no matter how good the debentures are he said they cannot bo interested once they reach their limit a 7 00 charge will be assessed as a service charge against householders whose water meters arc damaged by frost where this can be traced to ncg ligcnce on the part of the owner property owners who think freezing damage might be caused by improper installation bv the town are advised to contact the town engineer a calculating machine rented at certain times of the year for use in lax work wil be purchased the ma chine costs 950 less a discount of 10 per cent less four months rent atrea dy paid bringing the cost down to 695 there was some discussion on a suggestion by cr alfred sykes that people be encouraged to bring their questions to a committee wherever possible before presenting them to council mayor armstrong said it is his plan when the municipal building is reno vated to use the mayors office as a committee room possibly setting cer tain nights aside for certain commit tees and advertising this fact so rate payers will know when committeemen arc available some councillors bald it would not be proper to discourage people from coming to council reeve allen said he things people are more satisfied when they bring a problem no mat tr how small to the whole council and have it dealt with a stock keeping and water card re cord system was explained by mr mc- mullen of the viscard company who suggesetd it would be an efficiency improvement in the town office the system costs 186 plus 26 a thous and for cards it will be considered by the property and water committee fred ross said he is considering putting up two stores on a lot beside his house on guclph st and asked about building requirements storm sewers and other matters his question brought up a point in the building by law which is not clan tied present regulations do not dis tinguish between residential and com mcrcial properties and under the by law a store would have to be four ft from the side property line reeve allen said it would not be desirable to hac a row of stores with narrow alles in between the planning committee was asked to investigate possibility of altering the building b law to make separate lobulations for commercial buildings representing sunbeam area rate payers association sid hardic asked several questions he pointed out a dangerous drop at the end of tycrs ave where a bam cade has been removd and was told it would be erected again asking about street name signs mayor armstrong told mm a 6 000 price quote had been received last year but council deferred action on such a costly procedure it will again council and planning board can dial with dr faludts suggestions as they wish he said and it is to be ex pected that the suggestions will be al tered when men on the spot deal with matters which might look good on maps the mayor asked council mean while to think of men who might be suitable to serve on a planning board which is an integral part of any zon ing program council decided to suspend a meet ing on the 13th in favour of attending the 25th anniversary celebration or the lions club several councillors are members or past members of the club and will be attending the dinner a membership in the canadian as sociation 0 lolice chiefs was ordered for chief roy haley town engineer douglas wilson was authorized to attend a sewage treat ment course in toronto being offered by the dept of health later this month snowed in 25 below story ten yean ago mrs ward ruddclls diary revealed some remarkable information when she was reviewing notes she made ten years ago last thursday the day sunny and almost devoid of snow this year was much different on january 26th 1046 ten years ago the thermometer read 25 below and sons newton and fred were in process of opening the road from their farm home to the base line so they could take a trip to town with the milk and pick up mail which they had not received since the previous monday w hile the ruddells were snowed in they had been taking their milk by horse and sled to stewarttown be considered before this years bud get is struck mr hardle asked about possibility of a drop letter box for mail some where in the subdivision and was re ferred to the postmaster asking ab out hydro bills being received only two days before the discount date he was told to take this matter to the hydro commission the association asked if approxim ate cost of sidewalks could be obtain ed before residents petitioned for these and this information will be given by the town engineer mr hardic said people are pertur bed about how far delrex will proc eed with houses before industry co mes to balance this he was told by the mayor that the delrex agreement with the town al lows houses to be built on the former h craig rcid 168 acre farm and the firm can go no farther without pro viding industry which will give a 40 per cent industrial balance ken swales cteavcholm drive ask ed if the town is taking any action on dogs saing his son had been nipped by a dog and wondering what the regulations are he was told b the major that dogs must be tied up between may is and sept 15 and the only measure for a person who has a complaint against a dog making a nuisance is to lay a charge against the owner the matter of dog control is being discussed by north halton urban board at present the mayor said framed houses here and 6 built of come 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